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ST. LOUIS -- Atlanta Braves outfielder Jeff Francoeur is known for his strong throwing arm, but it let him down Friday night against the St. Louis Cardinals.Francoeur came up throwing as Matt Holliday tried to score on a two-out single by Jaime Garcia in the bottom of the second. The throw was offline and Holliday scored what turned the only run in the Cardinals 1-0 win.It was just a bad throw, kind of straight in the ground, which I dont usually do, Francoeur said. So that was a frustrating one.Right-hander Joel De La Cruz (0-4), still vying for his first major league win, gave up the run and two hits with five walks in 5 1/3 innings.To be honest feel like I didnt really pitch my best tonight, De La Cruz said through an interpreter. I know Ive got more in the tank and I can do a little bit better next time.Garcia (8-8) frustrated the Braves lineup, pitching eight scoreless innings, striking out 11. He became the first Cardinals pitcher with the lone RBI in a 1-0 win since Harvey Haddix did it against Pittsburgh on July 17, 1955.I think the only thing that would have made it better would be to hit a home run for the only run, Garcia said.He pitched out of a two-on, no out jam in the fourth, striking out Freddie Freeman and Matt Kemp before getting Adonis Garcia to ground out. Freeman and Kemp, the Braves Nos. 3 and 4 hitters, were a combined 0 for 6 against Jaime Garcia with five strikeouts.Especially in the 4th inning, we had first and third and nobody out and we had the right guys up too, Braves manager Brian Snitker said. He did a great job. He kept the ball off speed enough; he had a couple different breaking balls and keeping the ball off the fat part of the bat.The Cardinals have won six of their last eight games at home to improve to 26-30 at Busch Stadium. St. Louis has won all four games this season against the Braves.Atlantas Ender Inciarte extended his hitting streak to 16 games by leading the game off with a single.Atlanta has lost eight of its last 11 games at St. Louis.Francoeur tipped his cap to Garcia.Ive faced him many times obviously all through the years and he had all three pitches working tonight, Francoeur said. He had his changeup, his fastball/2-seamer and the curveball and he was doing what he wanted whenever he wanted.Seung Hwan Oh got the last three outs for his ninth save.Snitker thought De La Cruz pitched well.He battled his tail off out there and the movement was good in his cutter and slider, Snitker said. That kid he gives you everything he has every time he goes out there.HEAD OVER HEELSBraves 3B Adonis Garcia tumbled into the camera well next to the Atlanta dugout to make an acrobatic catch on Brandon Moss pop foul in bottom of the third inning.It was awesome, Francoeur said. I actually saw him from right field disappear and the next thing I saw was a baseball coming over the thing. It was a great play.WELCOME BACKCardinals All-Star INF Matt Carpenter returned from the disabled list after missing 24 games with a right oblique strain. LHP Dean Kiekhefer was optioned to Triple-A Memphis.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: RHP Julio Teheran (right lat strain) will play catch on Saturday, but there is no timetable for his return.Cardinals: LHP Tyler Lyons (knee) will miss at least a month, general manager John Mozeliak said.UP NEXTBraves: Roberto Hernandez will make his Braves debut after being called up from Triple-A Gwinett Hernandez, formerly known as Fausto Carmona, has pitched for Cleveland, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia, Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston.Cardinals: RHP Carlos Martinez (10-6, 2.99 ERA) leads all N.L. pitchers with a career-high 24 double plays induced. He is 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA in 16 2/3 career innings against the Braves.Diego Reyes Jersey . 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Jorge Torres Jersey . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles has quite a streak going against AFC South rival Houston.Bortles has thrown a Pick-6 in three consecutive games against the Texans, tying an NFL record set by Peyton Manning.Ive got to be a better tackler, Bortles joked Wednesday.Or a better passer.Bortles has had 11 of his 50 interceptions returned for touchdowns during his three NFL seasons, a statistic that made headlines two weeks ago when his Pick-6 total surpassed his career wins (10).The Texans (7-6), who host the Jaguars (2-11) on Sunday, have been the biggest beneficiaries.Kareem Jackson returned a pick 42 yards for a touchdown in Houstons 24-21 victory in Jacksonville last month. Jackson also brought one back 27 yards for a score in Houstons 30-6 win last January. And Andre Hal started the streak by taking a 31-yarder the distance in Houstons 31-20 victory in Jacksonville in October 2015.Two of them for sure have been kind of long, out-routes to the field that were either late or I should have just gotten off of and gone to the next progression, Bortles said. I remember the last two. There was one last year on a slant that he housed at Houston and then obviously the one earlier this year are the two I remember for sure.They probably run together. After all, Bortles already has three interceptions returned for touchdowns this season. Those came in Jacksonvilles last five games.Another one Sunday in Houston and Bortles would become the first player in NFL history to throw four Pick-6s against the same team in four straight games. Manning had three returned for scores in three consecutive games against San Diego (2010-12).Thats something Ill try not too do, Bortles said.dddddddddddd. I think they do a good job. Their corners kind of jump at stuff, kind of recognizing routes and being aggressive, so I think its on me to kind of make better decisions.Bortles has completed 58.7 percent of his passes for 3,187 yards this season, with 21 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. His failure to match or improve on last years numbers -- he ranked second in the league with 35 TD passes -- is a big reason Jacksonville has lost eight consecutive games and fallen well short of preseason expectations.Still, the Jaguars have had chances.They have had the ball with a chance to tie or take the lead in the fourth quarter in five of the last six games. They had 11 possessions in those situations, delivering six punts, three turnovers on downs, an interception and a fumble.Regardless of the losing streak and the changes that are surely coming after the season, Bortles believes theres something to be gained by playing well in the final three games -- all against division teams.One of them is going to go play in the playoffs, Bortles said. Every team wants to own the division theyre in. So thats definitely still our goal and we got a chance to go play these three guys. I dont think spoiler is the right word to use. I think you want to more so get the chance to say, `How are we against one of these playoff teams and stack up?You really dont want to talk about it or think about it, but lets build something going into the offseason for next year.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '